NWA
4472 (left) and NWA 4485 (right).I
acquired samples of the two stones at different times and photographed them
under different conditions. Although the slices "look" different,
they are almost identical compositionally and together different from other
lunar meteorites.Click on image for
enlargement.(photo
credit: Randy Korotev)

Views
of two sides of a slice of NWA 4485 with a large clast.Click on image for enlargement.(photo
credit: Randy Korotev)

Northwest
Africa 4472

Algeria
Find: 2006 July
Mass: 64.3 g

Achondrite
(lunar, KREEP-rich breccia)

History: G.
Hupé purchased the sample July 2006 from a dealer in Tagounite,
Morocco.

Physical
characteristics: A single 64.3 g stone with visible pale
gray to whitish clasts in a dark gray matrix. Fusion crust is not evident,
but the exterior has fractures and thin coatings of desert varnish on
exposed surfaces.

Classification: Achondrite (lunar, KREEP-rich breccia). Type specimen:
A total of 12.87 g and 3 polished thick slices are on deposit at UWS. G.
Hupé holds the main mass.

Northwest
Africa 4485

Algeria
Find: 2006 September
Mass: 188 g

Achondrite
(lunar, KREEP-rich breccia)

History:
Stefan Ralew purchased the whole stone in September 2006 from a dealer in Ouarzazate, Morocco. Physical characteristics: A single
188 g spheroidal stone with a brown weathered exterior. The interior
consists of pale gray to whitish clasts in a dark gray matrix,
and has visible thin veins of terrestrial carbonate.